Population and colony-level determinants of tertiary sex ratio in the declining barn swallow.

Sex ratio of adults (tertiary sex ratio, TSR) is a major feature of animal populations with consequences for their behaviour, genetic structure and viability. Spatial and temporal variation in TSR occurs within species but the mechanisms behind it are poorly understood. In this long-term study of a...

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Main Authors: Nicola Saino, Maria Romano, Diego Rubolini, Manuela Caprioli, Roberto Ambrosini, Giuseppe Boncoraglio, Luca Canova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572088?pdf=render